The "Patific" Ocean

[paddyob]

Today i added a new frag. a bright red chalice coral. really nice. so now i want, one, maybe two more pieceS and this tank will be fine. i had an overgrown tank before the crash, and not wanting that again. i also removed my kenya tree and devils hand. trying less soft coral (only kept sinularia and zoas) As i understand they can be rough on small tanks. worth an experiment. still at 17 -18 Corals. not too bad. Cant wait for the growth cycle!

[paddyob]

Yesterday i added a scooter Dragonette. someone was selling it for $5 on here. threw in four hermits too as shutting his tank down. i am still waiting for a rainford goby From someone else shutting their tank down and then im adding a six line wrasse To finish the fish package. today ill probably buy new bulbs for my tank as it has been a year since i did. other than that. my little tank is coming along. have space for more coral, but not sure what yet.

[BlueAbyss]

I demand PICS!

On a side note, you may want to get some Tigger Pods or some other such thing to help your Scooter along, if you haven't already... they are like mandarins, and will need supplemental feeding in a small tank. Unless he's trained on frozen, in which case, RIGHT ON! (I love dragonettes )

[paddyob]

The scooter Eats frozen. i had a mandarin Eating frozen for almost three years until my tank crashed. a bit of a chore, but i like them.

[paddyob]

ill try get my photo bucket updated. tank is coming together. needs some time for frags To grow, but you people know that scenario. ha ha. i wish corals were cheaper ha ha. frags Grow, but patience is not my best trait.

[paddyob]

I have some sort of red algae growing, it seems, exclusively on my zoas. it almost peels Off by hand it little sheets. it is preventing them from opening. anyone seen this or know how to cure it? once i remove this stuff, the zoas Open again.

[BlueAbyss]

Hmm, could be similar to the evil red fuzz that I had. It never got out of hand for me (and never grew on anything since the tank is new)...


Is it like the furry red spots in this pic? If so, my blue legged hermit devoured it overnight, but there was only a few scattered areas with it. He also ate the burgundy velvet stuff that was growing on the rocks (it wasn't cyano, it was some other kind of algae).

[paddyob]

Well i finally found a six line. tried getting one on here without luck. tried every store in town, literally, and finally found one. it is beautiful. a nice addition to my tank.

[paddyob]

I have added an aussie duncan And a belle zoa. up to 20 Corals in 20 Gallons. although, my darth maul zoas Are not doing well. i was up to 13 polyps But had two detach and wither and for some reason only 5 Open. not sure why. i hear hard to keep. sad day. i hope they pull through.

[Pazil]

I am not sure what causes zoas to do this.. I have had 2 colonies almost wither away to nothing over the past few weeks.... Both had approx 40-50 polyps and are now down to maybe 6-10 each..... At the same time I have about 30 different types of zoas in the tank and all of the rest are thriving...even the ones right next to each of the mentioned colonies... Go figure.